We told you recently about the worship track at Ambition, the Louisville Acts 29 Boot Camp which Sojourn Community Church is hosting on November 10-11. This worship track is being sponsored by the Institute For Christian Worship at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and by Sojourn Community Church. And that means that you can come to all sessions for free, even if you don’t register for the Boot Camp! You can download the flyer at sojournchurch.com, which includes details on all the speakers and the topics for each discussion. If you’ll remember, some of the speakers include Sandra McCracken, Kevin … Read Entire Post
This set list is one of many that you can find at the worship music set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches. You can learn about some of the songs we sing at Sojourn Gathered each week in advance of the Sunday service by reading my “Getting Ready For Sunday” post each Friday at Sojourn’s online journal, TravelBlog. Photos this week taken by Dan Canales, at the 9 a.m. service. 1. Come Ye Sinners by Joseph Hart, new melody by Sojourn’s Brooks Ritter. Brooks came into my office a few weeks ago with this hymn text. He … Read Entire Post
Last Sunday we held a baby dedication service at Sojourn Gathered. Today we’ve posted our entire liturgy for this service at theopensourcebook.org, a website that exists to supply churches with free prayers and liturgical elements. Our worship & arts pastor, Mike Cosper, conceived and launched this site with Nathan Bierma of the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship. From the home page: Our collection grows daily, and comes from real-world church contexts. You are welcome to use anything from the Open Sourcebook for free, as all of our content is protected by the Creative Commons License. See our permissions page for … Read Entire Post
R. Dennison, M. Cosper
R. Dennison
J. Quillo
This set list is one of many that you can find at the worship music set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches. You can learn about some of the songs we sing at Sojourn Gathered each week in advance of the Sunday service by reading our “Getting Ready For Sunday” post each Friday at Sojourn’s online journal, TravelBlog. Photos this week taken by Dan Canales, at the 11:15 a.m. service. And if you enjoy Dan’s photography here on sojournmusic.com, check out his photo coverage of our Fall Festival, taken Saturday. This was a baby dedication Sunday. Throughout … Read Entire Post
As a featured vocalist and songwriter on Sojourn records like Over The Grave, Before The Throne and Advent Songs, and as a regular member of the Sojourn worship team, Brooks Ritter’s magic voice has turned up in a lot of iPods and CD players. He’s also played some big venues, in addition to Sojourn Gathered on Sundays. As one of Louisville’s finest singer-songwriters, he’s performed in venues all over town, played live on 91.9 FM WFPK and gotten radio airplay for his debut solo project, The Horse Fell Lame. (Download The Horse Fell Lame from iTunes) And on Thursday night, … Read Entire Post
This set list is one of many that you can find at the worship music set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches. You can learn about some of the songs we sing at Sojourn Gathered each week in advance of the Sunday service by reading our “Getting Ready For Sunday” post each Friday at Sojourn’s online journal, TravelBlog. Photos this week taken by Dan Canales. 1. Gifted Response by Matt Redman. We used this song as a corporate response to the Call To Worship, singing praise to God for who He is and what He has done: … Read Entire Post
Sojourn is hosting the last Acts 29 Boot Camp of 2009 at our Germantown campus here in Louisville, The 930 Art Center. The theme of this conference is Ambition, based on Romans 15:20: “It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ is not known.” One unique feature of the Ambition Boot Camp will be a stellar Worship Track. In this track hosted by Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper, you will hear from these speakers at various times on Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th: Mars Hill Church (Seattle) Worship Pastor Tim Smith. Bethlehem Baptist … Read Entire Post
My name is Brooks Ritter and I’m an under-liner. I find it most helpful for whatever I’m reading, if I’m hovering over each word with my favorite Bic ink pen, (the more simple the better, right?!?). One book I’ve been going through in particular that my pen has taken a liking to is, Worship Matters: Leading Others To Encounter The Greatness Of God by Bob Kauflin. I’ve found some very challenging truths in this book that have caused me to look at myself in light of what scripture says about biblical worship, with an out loud, “I’m dead wrong.” One … Read Entire Post
This set list is one of many that you can find at the worship music set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches. You can learn about some of the songs we sing at Sojourn Gathered each week in advance of the Sunday service by reading our “Getting Ready For Sunday” post each Friday at Sojourn’s online journal, TravelBlog. Sojourn photographer Dan Canales has provided photos from the morning Germantown services. 1. Jesus Savior, Pilot Me, words by Edward Hopper; music by Bilfrost Arts. The band played this as Sojourners entered our auditorium, took their seats and … Read Entire Post
